Hey Indie Hackers đź‘‹
I recently launched HEIC to JPG Free Converter, a quick side project designed to solve a very common issue: Apple devices saving photos in HEIC format, which often causes compatibility issues when uploading to non-Apple platforms or web apps.
đź’ˇ Why I Built It
Most online HEIC converters force users to upload their images to a remote server for processing. This creates two main problems:
Privacy Concerns: Users have to upload personal or sensitive photos to unknown servers.
Slow Speeds & Limits: Server upload limits and queue times slow down bulk conversions.
🚀 Key Features
100% Client-Side Processing: Images never leave the user's browser. Everything is converted locally using modern browser APIs.
Bulk Conversion: Drop multiple files and get them converted instantly in real-time.
Zero Registration: No sign-ups, subscriptions, or hidden limits.
🛠️ Tech Stack
Clean HTML5 / Tailwind CSS
JavaScript (Web Workers for fast image processing without freezing the UI)
I’d love to get your feedback on the user experience and overall performance. If you frequently handle HEIC images, test it out and let me know your thoughts!
👉 Live Site: https://www.heictojpgfreeconverter.com/
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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Nice angle. I’d make “no uploads” visible in the first viewport and maybe add a tiny local-processing explainer under the dropzone. For privacy utilities, users often decide before they read the feature list, so the trust cue has to show up before the file picker.
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Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
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What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
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Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
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What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
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What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Curious how long it took before you saw the first real results?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
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What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
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Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
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Helpful post. How did you get your first bit of traction?
Appreciate the honesty here, most people only share the wins.
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How did you decide this was worth building in the first place?
Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
Thanks for sharing the numbers, that makes it much easier to follow.
Interesting approach. What was the hardest part to get right?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
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Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it for later.
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it for later.
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Great breakdown. What feedback have you had from early users?
Clear and practical, thanks. Did anything surprise you along the way?
Good point. Did you test that with users before committing to it?
Nice work shipping it. What has been the biggest challenge since launch?
How did you decide this was worth building in the first place?
Interesting approach. What was the hardest part to get right?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
What made you pick this stack over the alternatives?
Solid lesson. Which channel has worked best for you so far?
Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it for later.
Good write-up. What would you do differently if you started again?
Love this angle. Building Xstream4K right now so this hits close to home — what made you look into it in the first place?
Thanks! Always cool to connect with someone else working in the media and visual processing space like Xstream4K.
Honest answer? It started purely out of personal frustration! As an iPhone user, I was constantly hitting compatibility roadblocks whenever I needed to quickly drop HEIC photos into web apps, CMS platforms, or Windows tools.
Every existing online converter felt clunky, crammed with ads, or forced you to upload sensitive photos to third-party servers. I realized using Web Workers and modern browser APIs, the entire conversion could be offloaded locally to the client’s CPU/GPU—making it instant, private, and practically zero-server-cost to run.
How’s the video processing stack coming along for Xstream4K?